Windshield visor



Jan. 22, 1952 C. A. ROYER WINDSHIELD VISOR Filed April 21, 1950INVENTOR. (22 577 /9. Kara-K.

Patented Jan. 22,1952

UNITED sTATEs PATENT "OFFICE-"" WINDSHIELD VISOR- Celestin A. Boyer,Champaign, Ill.

Application April 21, 1950, Serial No. 157,370

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a windshield visor and the like.

The chief object of the present invention is to provide a simple, ruggedwindshield visor that can readily be attached to the majority of thepopular make cars.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a transparentplastic body that may be cutto fit the exact shape of the top portion ofthe car windshield thus filtering out all of the sunrays coming throughsaid windshield and when desired to serve as an anti-glare shield.

The chief feature of the present invention resides in an all purposeadapter unit which is secured to the conventional visor rod by acoupling .nut.

Other objects and features of the invention will be set forth more fullyhereinafter.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the invention,parts being broken away and other parts being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and in thedirection of the arrows.

In Fig. 1, indicates a non-circular crosssectioned rod or bar memberwhich may be substantially hollow, see dotted opening H)". A translucentanti-glare shield l I of plastic plate material having the desiredoutline and thickness is adjustably secured to said rod by theconnections generally indicated by numerals I2 and I3. An adaptor plugI4 is held in place by the friction nut l5 which is threaded on thesplit end I 6 of the rod 10 as more clearly shown in Fig. 2. If rod [0be solid it is socketed as at I0.

Since the connectors l2 and i3 as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 aresubstantially symmetrical except for a difference in the arm portions, adescription of one will be understood to apply to the other. The bracketconnection I I having an interior surface I8 substantially conforms tothe circumference of the said rod l0 and disposed therein is a frictionlocking spring l9. Said spring normally assumes an arcuate position withthe ends thereof turned away from the 2 into a slot type socket 23 whichslidably seats one edge of shield H. 'The said cone point 22 pierces theshield H and thus holds it firmly in place in said socket.

The two connectors l2 and I3 differ in that connector l3 has a short andstraight threaded arm 24 between the ball and socket joint and thebracket while the connector [2 has a long and slightly bent arm betweenthe ball and socket and its associated bracket. Each arm is threadedinto its bracket I! as at 25. A friction nut 20a may be employed to aidin securing the threaded arm 24 to the ball and socket joint.

The present invention may be installed in the following manner: In a carhaving one type of present day sun visor, the visor is removed byunscrewing the sun visor friction screen and removing said visor. Theadaptor is then fitted into the socket and clamped into place.

On other makes of cars where the visor is attached to a permanent rod,remove the visor by unscrewing the locking nuts and slide the visor offthe rod. The friction nut is then backed oif the split end of thepresent invention and the adaptor plug is removed. The square rod II isthen slipped over the old visor rod and the friction nut is locked intoplace.

The present invention can be mounted on any model car and the flexiblenon-glare sun visor can be adjusted against or made to conform toWindshields of any design or curvature.

While the invention has been illustrated and described in great detailin the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be consideredas illustrative and not restrictive in character.

The invention claimed is:

1. A windshield visor adapted to replace the standard car visor,comprising an adapter end unit, a rod of non-circular cross sectionalarea having a threaded end, a friction nut detachably securing said unitand rod end together, two rod enveloping brackets, a rod engaging springclip in each bracket, two slot-type socket members, a ball and socketconnection for each member, each said ball having a threaded shanksoured to its respective member and terminating in a cone pointprojection, said projections being sized to extend into the slots ofsaid members, an arm extending from the other end of each of saidconnections and secured to said respective brackets, the two arms beingdissimilar in length, and a translucent anti glare shield adapted to beseated edgewise in said slots and secured therein by said projections.

2. A windshield visor as defined by claim 1 232 5 wherein the threadedend of the rod is tubular 2 038906 and split to nest the end of theunit. 5 i

CELESTIN A. ROYER.

REFERENCES CITED Number The f ql lqwing geferences are pf reco rd in the148,045

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